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Right hand gate pillar showing damge to head of figure - Taken by J E S 28 Aug 2016
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Left hand gate pillar showing damage to head of figure - Taken by J E S 28 Aug 2016
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Bronze plaque recording gift of gates in lychgate inside park - Taken by J E S 28 Aug 2016
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Main gates in entance - Taken by J E S 28 Aug 2016
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Gates at entrance of park together with associated gate pillars - Taken by J E S 28 Aug 2016
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Overall View of the gates - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 18 Jul 2024
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The plaque in the lychgate - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 18 Jul 2024
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Overall View of the interpretation plaque at riverside - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 18 Jul 2024
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Top of the interpretation plaque - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 18 Jul 2024
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Bottom of the interpretation plaque - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 18 Jul 2024
Reference WMO/242332
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THE GATES AT THE RIVERSIDE ENTRANCE TO/ THIS PARK WERE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF YORK BY/ ROWNTREE & CO. LTD. IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE/ FROM THE COCOA WORKS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1939 – 1945) AND IN/ THANKSGIVING FOR THE COURAGE AND STEADFASTNESS/ OF THE PEOPLE OF YORK THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS./ EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY; THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN.
Grade II (England)
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